caittín

Middle Irish

Etymology

catt +‎ -ín

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkatʲiːnʲ/

Noun

caittín m

1. kitten

   Synonym: cuilén

Descendants

• Irish: caitín

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
caittín	chaittín	caittín pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caittín(e)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language